Chapter Ten:

Twisted

It even though it was supposed to be hours to get to the gates they were there a lot earlier that the guards at the gates were surprised to see them arrive early than expected. 'Well at least now I know that I wasn't imagining it back there' Sora thought as they entered the village. They kept walking down the streets. They strayed a bit from the town to a road and as they kept advancing it reveal a big beatiful house. It looked like a mansion from afar. As soon as Sora opened the door Sakura ,who ripped away from Gaara's hand, ran into the house. Leaving Gaara with a shocked expression at first he thought it was because he was holding her hand too much or something but when he saw her smile as she ran up the stairs he knew he wasn't the cause.

"Well welcome" Sora said happily as everyone came in. "This is a good place" the Kazekage said as Sora stood straight as he spoke, he turned towards him "A tour would be nice". Sora nodded as smiled. "Of course" he said quickly. He started to walk in a direction "This way if you please" they all followed expect Claire and Joseph ,since they remembered the place. They were about to settle into their room until Joseph spotted Gaara standing in place looking at the stairs Sakura ran up a while ago. Joseph approached the red haired boy as he looked at him.

"Hey" Joseph said to him bending down a bit "Don't you want to see the rest of the house with your family?" He asked as Gaara only frowned. He wanted to be with Sakura that was the only reason he was here. "Don't worry Joseph let me take charge of him" They both turned to see Yumi smiling bright like always. Joseph stood up and nodded as he walked off. Gaara looked at her for a second before turning back to the stairs. "You want me to take you to her?" He turned to see Yumi next to him looking down at him giving him a warm smile. Gaara blinked Yumi started to walk towards the stairs "This way" she said as Gaara started to walk after her. There were two floors in total. The second floor was a hallway with doors at both sides. Yumi kept walking down the hall with Gaara looking around he stopped as he saw a picture of a little girl with pink hair. 'Sakura?' Gaara thought as he saw her in the picture with a smile he has never seen her use before. They were two people with her 'Sora and Yumi' he kept thinking he saw Sakura holding what looked like to be a animal in her hugs. She looked to happy in that picture. Her eyes had a shine to it that it was even make the saddest person smile. "That was taken a year ago" Gaara snapped back to reality as he heard Yumi speak next to him. He jumped at that he forgot about her. He looked to see Yumi smile turning into a frown she blinked then she looked at him.

"I know Sakura trusts you a lot so I'll let you know a little secret" Yumi gave him a smile as she kneed down "just promise me you wont tell know one. I haven't told Sakura yet." Gaara held his breath. Was it good news? Bad news? It was scaring him a bit. He stood still before his head nodded. Yumi smiled more "You see Gaara when Sakura gets older she going to inherit this house. But don't tell her" Yumi put her finger on her lip "It's supposed to be a surprise" She gave out a light laugh. Gaara was relieved to hear that he thought it was going to be bad. But he didn't want to hide anything from his friend just thinking about it made him feel guilty. "Just make sure she doesn't find out okay?" Gaara looked at her getting up. He nodded as he followed her to a door that was in the corner. She gave a light knock. "Sakura" she said softly "your friend is here." She started to open the door "Don't leave him waiting come and show him around the-" she froze. Gaara looked from behind her to see a room that very well kept it was pink with designs of a Sakura trees around. But there was one thing no Sakura. He put his hand to his heart. Where was she? Yumi ran in the room looking around "Where are you Sakura?!" she said worried. Gaara stepped in after her "Sakura!" he yelled.

"I'm over here" they both turned quickly to see Sakura at the doorway. Gaara ran to her and wrapped his arms around her. It wasn't just a hug it was a protective hug, those that you give when you been worried sick. He started to shiver as if he was going to cry "Gaara? What's wrong? Are you crying?" She was worried for her friend. "Don't do that" he said lowly. Yumi noticed his tone it was same type of tone her and Sora used on her when they were worried and by the looks of it Sakura noticed too. She watched as she hugged him back. "i'm sorry Gaara I didn't mean to scare you I just left to check something real quick. Gaara looked up at her ,still hugging her, he looked to see she had a sad expression. He felt terrible now she was sad and it because of him. "It's okay" he told her as he tried to calm her down tightening his hug. This place made her happy the last thing he wanted was to make her sad. He let go he notice something on her neck. Wanting to change the topic quickly he pointed to it and asked "What's that?" Sakura looked up and saw he was looking at her necklace. "Oh this?" she said and once again a smile spread on her face. Gaara secretly let out a sigh of relief it worked. "This is a necklace that I got last year." She looked down to see it was a sphere but around it was a tree whose branches were spreading around the object creating the casing the sphere itself was the background. "It's a light blue when you look at it in the daylight but when when you look at it under a full moon it looks like dark night blue with stars." She stated happily. Gaara only nodded then he stood still he remembered his promise of giving her something in exchange for her ribbon. He reached into his pocket to feel the piece of cloth there. It got lose and he couldn't tie on his wrist so he decided to keep it in his pocket seeing it was the best next thing. Beside he felt it would be more special if Sakura tied it again than himself.

"Well" Yumi said coming up to them with a wave of relief over her. "I see you left to go check on it didn't you?" She said indicating at the little cherry blossom in her hand. Gaara looked to see it. Sakura smiled and nodded. "It's doing very well!" she said happily. "Well then Sakura don't keep your friend go show him what your talking about" Yumi said with a hand gesture. Sakura nodded as she grabbed his hand and lend him the way. As they walked down the stairs they passed the group who were sitting in the living room. Sakura led Gaara to the backyard which was very big. But it made sense seeing how the house was a bit far from the village. He looked around holding her hand a bit tighter she stopped and turned towards him and said. "See that tree over there?" She pointed to a tall strong looking tree with the same type of flower on it's branches "That's a cherry blossom tree" She lend him there. "It's my favorite thing out of Konaha" she said sitting down under it's shadows. Gaara stood there unsure if he should join her. "Sit Gaara no need to be afraid" He sat down next to her. The weather was really different it was alot more cooler than in Suna. Like she said there were a lot more plants he now knew why she loved it here so much. He wanted to play with her and was going to ask her if they could but to his surprise she was curled up into a ball sleeping.

'She's sleeping' Gaara thought he looked up at the clouds til he heard an unwanted response 'Well isnt that a shame' The voice said coming from his head. Gaara sat up quickly he didn't want to hear that voice. 'Calm down im not going to cause trouble... yet...' It said slowly. Gaara started to hug his knees. Sakura was close to him he was afraid if something happened she would be in harm's way. He looked around hoping that if he didn't say anything the voice would go away. 'Ignoring is rude haven't they taught you that?' The voice roared in his head. Causing Gaara once again to hold his head in pain. 'What do you want?' Gaara asked it. 'What? Can't I have a little chat with my host?' It said annoyed. Gaara looked his peaceful flower who was still holding the flower in her hand. He saw that a gentle wind blew away from her. He caught it mid-air and slowly made his way to her. Not wanting to wake her up he put the flower in front of her. 'Heads up' the voice said quickly as he turned to see his uncle watching him from across the yard. His uncle came to him and was about to speak but Gaara put a finger on his lips saying to be quiet. Yashamaru with a confused face saw Gaara looked at the girl. He understood he signaled Gaara to came with him but he could tell he didn't want to move from there. "It'll be quick" he whispered to him. Gaara looked at Sakura scanning her surroundings before looking at his uncle and nodded. They took him inside where he saw his family with Sakura's Uncle and Sora. Clarie entered the room and sat down next to her husband. Yumi wasn't there. They were sitting down at the living room. Yashamaru told him to sit down at the chair next to him. He did so and when he did his sister and brother left the room. That's when he was told something he Never wanted to hear.

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